Unmanaged assets

Unmanaged equipment is equipment that is not directly administered by a GLPI agent or a protocol such as SNMP, WMI, etc. Unlike managed equipment, it does not automatically report information and must be manually updated in the inventory. These devices have been detected during a network discovery and can be converted into another type of object, either manually or via SNMP feedback.

module assets - unmanaged assets

Note that if you modify a field manually, it will be considered locked. This will prevent it from being modified the next time the automatic inventory is uploaded.

For more information, see lock

In a unmanaged asset form, the following information is available:

module assets - unmanaged assets details

• Name

• Location

• Manufacturer

• Serial number

• Inventory number

• SNMP Credentials

• Network

• Update source

• Approved device: Yes / No

• Status

• Technician in charge

• Alternate usernmame number

• Alternate usernmame

• Sysdescr

• User

• Comments

• IP

• Network hub: Yes/No

Network Ports

This tab allows to manage the network ports attached to the item. The information that can be viewed is:

• Name

• Port number

• MTU

• Speed

• Internal status

• Last change

• Number of I/O bytes

• Number of I/O errors

• Duplex

• VLAN

• Connected to

• Connection

• Deleted

Domains

You can attach Domains to the current item. Domains are also linked to other objects such as records, problems, etc.

Locks

Locks are used to prevent a field from being modified when the inventory is uploaded. You can lock/unlock the fields you wish in a GLPI object.

Import information

Import information is information that is uploaded and governed by equipment import rules (Administration > Rules > Rules for import and link equipments)

History

The History tab is used to show any changes made to an item. The following information about the changes is available:

• ID of the change.

• Date and time the change was made.

• User who made the change. If this field is not filled, it means that the action was done automatically (For example: automatic inventory update).

• Field that was changed.

• Description of the change that was made.

The description of the change represents either the difference between the old and the new value (For example with location field: Change HQ to Remote Office A), or the explanation of the action which was carried out (For example: Uninstallation of a software: "Gimp 2.0").

For dropdowns or objects with a parent/child relationship, the modification of a child will appear in the history of the parent element.

All Information

For an item, all information is displayed on one page from the All tab. This shows all of the tabs of an object's form in one view, one below the other.

Particularity

Massive actions

This item has a specific massive action which allows it to be converted into another type of object (computer, printer, etc.).

You can convert it manually via this massive action, or report it via SNMP, WMI, etc.

module assets - Convert unmanged asset